Re: Is there a user space pci rescan method?

[Alan Cox]

On Mer, 2004-09-22 at 21:30, Dave Aubin wrote:
> Hi,
>  
>   Is there a user space or perhaps simple kernel module way to
> rescan the pci bus?  I currently have a user mode program modify
> the pci bus, but I can not push the user mode program to the
> bios for reasons I can't get in to.  

Take a look at drivers/hotplug. As far as Linux is concerned you've got
a hotplug PCI slot if you have to poke at it. Alternatively if its a
general funny such as a card you have to poke to reveal devices behind
it a PCI quirk would probably do the trick.

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